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Dos does NOTHING for sound cards, there are no dos drivers, every single program needs to talk to raw low level hardware to make a sound.
by rasz_pl 10y ago
Dos does NOTHING for sound cards, there are no dos drivers, every single program needs to talk to raw low level hardware to make a sound.
- khedoros1 10y agoAnd for that reason, xyproto's post is trivially true, in the practical sense. Hardware today doesn't implement any compatibility mode that would be useful to original DOS-era programs. Dosbox provides that compatibility mode, acting as a translation layer for getting+putting audio samples, simulating FM synthesis, etc. No DOS game's gonna directly support AC97 or HD Audio codecs. > there are no dos drivers There were commonly configuration and settings programs that came with hardware. Expanding beyond audio hardware, mice, CD-ROMs, EMS, and others loaded TSRs that acted more directly like drivers.